Will Satterthwaite
@satterwill.bsky.social
Research ecologist. All posts are mine only and do not speak for my employer. California salmon, stock assessment, and ecosystem based management are my big things professionally. Dogs are my big thing personally.
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It's not even 4 AM West Coast time and Ezra Klein has already annoyed me
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It's not even 4 AM West Coast time and Ezra Klein has already annoyed me
Hmmm. Anything's possible, but the only documented humpback on salmonid predation I'm aware of is whales learning to cue in on massive hatchery releases of juveniles in Alaska. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Humpback whales feed on hatchery-released juvenile salmon | Royal Society Open Science
Humpback whales are remarkable for the behavioural plasticity of their feeding tactics and the diversity of their diets. Within the last decade at hatchery release sites in Southeast Alaska, humpback whales have begun exploiting juvenile salmon, a ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hmmm. Anything's possible, but the only documented humpback on salmonid predation I'm aware of is whales learning to cue in on massive hatchery releases of juveniles in Alaska. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...